Roadfood Gourmet

From 1997 to 2009, when Gourmet Magazine ceased publication, Jane and Michael Stern traveled America writing a monthly column for the esteemed culinary journal that introduced readers to unique regional specialties, little-known (and occasionally legendary) eateries, and the crazy-quilt of characters who populate the food world. Their reports earned them three James Beard Journalism Awards. Here is a complete collection of those columns.

 

Stroud’s

Chicken dinner is all America’s homespun meal, but it is dished out differently everywhere you go. Rhode Island likes its birds presented family-style, with pasta shells in red sauce...

The Lobster Roll Honor Roll

Maine is the only state in America that features a picture of cooked food on its license plate. On a white background behind the tag’s blue numbers and above...

Meat-And-Three

A few years back, country singer Ray Stevens invited a New York friend to join him at one of his favorite Nashville lunchrooms, a place called Hap Townes. The...

Top 12 favorite Ice Cream Scoops

WITH THE EXCEPTION of the hot dog bun, there has never been an edible invention as useful as the ice cream cone. Eat it all and leave nothing behind...

Top 5 BBQ Restaurants | Western Kentucky

Get yourself to Western Kentucky for great BBQ I see the food shows on TV where they go all over the place looking for barbecue,” says pitmaster Lowell Jewell,...

Datil Be Fine

Minorcan clam chowder looks like Manhattan clam chowder, and a first taste reinforces the resemblance. But soon a glow starts at the back of the throat, and after a...

Claw and Order

Faidley’s is the big fish in a big pond. It’s the anchor store of the Lexington Market, Baltimore’s grazing paradise, where you can indulge in the likes of Angie’s...

Pie Shakes and Whitefish Fillets

On the western edge of Lake Superior, superlative natural ingredients reign supreme. Prolific orchards contribute ripe fruit for mouthwatering pies, and the pristine waters of the lake yield firm-fleshed...

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